Cosmetic applicator



pr l2, 1949, E. P. SCHREYER COSMETIC APPLICATOR Filed nec. 9, 1944.

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?atented Apr. l2, i949 UNTED STATES PATENT i OFI-ECE CQSMETIC APPLICATOR Edward l. Schreyer, Ridgefield, Conn.

Application December 9, 1944, Serial No. 567,512

1 Claim. (Cl. ifi-134) The present invention relates to perfume dispensers of the character to be carried in handbags or purse kits and for convenience is called a pocket perfume dispenser."

It is among the objects of the invention to provide a pocket dispenser of simple and durable construction, which may be readily and conveniently lled and refilled with perfume, which is both liquid and vapor-tight. all parts of which are thoroughly resistant to attack by the perfume. and from which the perfume may be dabbed directly upon the desired area of skin or fabric without resort to a separate applicator and without loss through spillage or evaporation.

Referring now to the drawings in which is shown one of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the dispenser,

Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal cross-section and on a larger scale, taken on line 2--2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 2, showing the neck portion of the dispenser with the cover removed, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the wick element.

Referring now to the drawings, the dispenser comprises a small bottle or vial preferably of one integral piece having a cylindrical wall I with a shoulder II and a reduced neck I2. The neck has a beveled rim I3, a cylindrical pilot I4 and the root length preferably the maior length thereof, is threaded at I5.

In the vial is lodged a wick I6, preferably a braided wick of a mineral fiber, desirably of glass wool, which is not subject to attack by the perfume. The wick is preferably doubled upon itself, as shown, with its bight I1 protruding slightly from the neck I2 of the vial, with the held in the bore of the neck i2 and two lengths extending downward to near the lower end of the vial. The wick is easily introduced by drawing it upward through the length of the vial by means of a wire or thread (not shown) ,looped under the bight and withdrawn after the wick has been pulled in place.

The vial has a removable cap 20, preferably of acorn shape, as shown, which has an axial cavity 2l to accommodate the protruding bight Il of the wick, a tapped bore 22 of diameter larger than said cavity, and an inner connecting shoulder 23. The cap is readily positioned upon the neck I2, the pilot I4 guiding its tapped bore 22 into registry with the thread I5 on the neck. and when screwed in place the inner peripheral edge 2l of its shoulder 22 will seat against the beveled rim or seat I3. The parts are so proportioned that the seating is necessarily against the beveled rim I3, the base 25 of the cap being spaced slightly from the shoulder II of the vial in home position, thus assuring a liquid and vapor-tight closure against beleveled rim I3.

With the cap 20 in position as described, the vial with the wick I6 in place therein, may be filled with perfume through the open bottom. The bottom of the vial is sealed by a removable cylindrical cap 26, which preferably has an appropriate gasket to assure a tight seal. In a preferred embodiment, the cap has an annular well 2l therein between its tapped cylindrical wall 2t and inner axial boss 29. In said well is lodged an annular gasket of fiber desirably of asbestos fiber impregnated with rubber. When the cap is threaded upon the lower end of the vial, the rim of the vial compresses the gasket material which is conned in its annular space and therefore effectively takes the thrust of closure.

The vial, its bottom and its closure cap, may be made of any of a variety of suitable materials that are not attacked or corroded by any of the constituents of the perfume. Glass of appropriate strength may be used to advantage. but it is preferred to make these parts of anodized aluminum. The conventional anodizing treatment of aluminum results in the formation of an eiective, durable, tough, oxide film thereon which completely resists attack by the perfume. In such anodizing treatment, any finish or coloring eilect, light or dark, may be attained.

By virtue of its capillarity, the wick I6 will be wet with perfume as long as any remains inthe vial. Perfume may be readily dabbed from the protruding wick bight I1 at the desired place on the skin or fabric after removal of the cap which. of course, would immediately be replaced after use. Thus the desired modicum of perfume may be dispensed at will without the waste incurred in the use of a bottle with a removable applicator or in other conventional practices and without appreciable loss by evaporation.

Were the free end of the wick rather than a bight to be exposed for use, there would be a tendency for the fibers to spread outward over the beveled seat I3 and to interfere with adequacy of seal, a difficulty completely obviated by the present construction.

While the invention has been described as a perfume dispenser, it is useful more generally as an applicator unit for other liquid cosmetic preparations such as liquid lipstick, liquid eyebrow pencil, liquid mascara and the like. It is also 3 applicable as an applicator for liquid medicaments, such as tincture of iodine, hydrogen peroxide and the like.

As many changes could be made: in the above construction. and many apparently widely difierent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claim, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accomvnylns drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A pocket perfume dispenser, comprising a generaily cylindrical vial of one integral piece, having a reduced neck threaded at the base portion, and a beveled rim, and with a cylindrical bore of substantially the entire length o! said neck,

a wick reversely bent and aiiording a bixht pro-- eled rim for liquid and vapor tizht seal when 30 the cap is in piace.

EDWARD 4P.

REFERENCES orrEn The following references are of record in the ille of this patent:

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